Daredevil #81 [British]

(November 1971)

And Death Is a Woman Called Widow (Table of Contents: 1)

Daredevil / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script

Gerry Conway (credited)

Pencils

Gene Colan (credited)

Inks

Jack Abel (credited)

Colors

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Letters

John Costanza (credited as Jon Costa)

Job Number

666 Z

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Handy recap: last issue, we saw that menacing mastermind, the Owl...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Phil Hichok; Mr. Kline (villain); Foggy Nelson; Owl [Leland Owlsley] (villain); Karen Page; Ivan Petrovich; Dick

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Black Widow saves Daredevil from drowning and then the two of them take down the Owl. Mr. Kline is revealed to be the robot MK-9, who refers to himself by the code name "Assassin."

Reprints

• in Diabólico (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1966 series) #81 (31 de marzo de 1973)
• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #79 (5 juillet 1976)
• in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #196 (5 avril 1986)
• in Daredevil Vol. 1, No. 81 [Marvel Legends Reprint] (Marvel, 2004 series) #81 (August 2004)
• in Marvel Milestones: Ghost Rider, Black Widow & Iceman (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
• in Essential Daredevil (Marvel, 2002 series) #4 (2007) [black and white]
• in Black Widow: The Sting of the Widow (Marvel, 2009 series) [premiere edition] (2009)
• in Marvel Classic (Panini France, 2015 series) #3 (octobre 2015)
• in Black Widow Epic Collection (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 - Beware the Black Widow (2019)
• in The Black Widow Strikes Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
• in Daredevil Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #4 - A Woman Called Widow (2019)
• in True Believers: Black Widow & Daredevil (Marvel, 2020 series) #1 (June 2020)

Indexer Notes

Part 4 of Mr. Kline story in Daredevil. The Black Widow becomes a regular character. Character taken from marvel.fandom.com.

Another Marvel Masterpiece (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

My Love Special / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Black Widow] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Merry Marvel Gallery / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett)

Inks

Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]

Reprints

• in Daredevil Vol. 1, No. 81 [Marvel Legends Reprint] (Marvel, 2004 series) #81 (August 2004)
• in Daredevil (Panini France, 1999 series) #10 (avril 2006)
• in Essential Daredevil (Marvel, 2002 series) #4 (2007) [black and white]
• in Marvel Classic (Panini France, 2015 series) #3 (octobre 2015)
• in Black Widow Epic Collection (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 - Beware the Black Widow (2019) [recolored; trade dress added]
• in The Black Widow Strikes Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
• in Daredevil Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #4 - A Woman Called Widow (2019)

The Sinister Space Trap! (Table of Contents: 4)

Human Torch; The Thing / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Larry Ivie (credited); Bob Powell (co-plot)

Pencils

Bob Powell (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited) (M. Demeo)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

Editing

Stan Lee (credited) (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Mr. Pearson (N.A.S.A.); Professor Jack; Doris Evans

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Sometime after the Fantastic Four visit the Skrull home world, Mr. Pearson of NASA pays a visit to tell them of a security risk, Professor Jack. Doris gets upset after Johnny stands her up for the 113th time. Posing as "Doug Brown", Johnny acts as Jack's assistant, in order to keep an eye on him. Good thing, too, as sabotaging the space program is on his agenda.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #132 (May 1965)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Let's Level with Daredevil / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan, Gerry, and Gene, I am writing in reference to Daredevil #77.

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Ned Balbo, Juan Cole, Bruce Long, and Jim Vicko.